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nytimes.com - 1/7/2009

Obama Seeks to Mend a Party Rift Over Panetta

— nytimes.com — Barack Obama and his aides scrambled to defend the choice of Leon E. Panetta as C.I.A. director.... > (more) Obama Seeks to Mend a Party Rift Over Panetta

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/6/2009

The Panetta Pick

— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Leon Panetta’s served in congress, served in the military, served as Chief of Staff in the White... House; he’s served on blue ribbon commissions and worked for politicians of both parties. And Barack Obama wants him to be CIA Director. ... (more) The Panetta Pick

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sfgate.com - 1/7/2009

Why Feinstein broke with Obama on Panetta

— sfgate.com — Feinstein - the new chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who will oversee Panetta's confirmation hearings -... raised eyebrows when she expressed surprisingly sharp disapproval of Panetta as nominee for CIA chief on Monday. She said that "the ... (more) Why Feinstein broke with Obama on Panetta

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Remainders: Rahm's rabbi
Ben Smith's Blog — Mike Lux soothes the left regarding Obama appointments. Steve Coll makes the case against Panetta. Chris Nelson has the State Department job chatter, which includes Princeton's Anne-Marie Slaughter. Tom Geoghegan thrills the intellectual left. A Firedoglake blogger wonders if there's a loophole in Obama's Blago report, regarding Rahm's contacts. (A spokesman didn't return my email on the subject.) Dickerson writes that the question isn't whether the stimulus passes, but whether Obama spends or gains ...

Half-Right
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Steve Coll dissents on Panetta.

It's Torture, Stupid: Why Obama Picked Leon Panetta to Head the CIA
Politics Daily — ... Still, some, like The New Yorker's Steve Coll, who don't doubt that Panetta will be quite good at a lot of what the CIA post requires, have a fundamental problem with the pick: ...

Op-ed at Pajamas Media
Chicago Boyz — ... its importance. Now it may well be that lawyers and politicians are the best possible picks for these important roles to achieve the confidence of the departments they’ll head, the American people’s, and President Obama’s. If that’s right, we’ll be in for an interesting ride with the new administration. If it’s wrong, the downside risk is probably minimized by the civil bureaucracy. Steve Coll: As to the Panetta appointment itself, it is unconvincing. The ...